''Idia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

litter moth The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushroom ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1813.

Description

Palpi sickle shaped and slender, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell.

Species

Species include the following: *'' Idia aemula'' Hübner, 1813 – common idia moth, powdered snout moth or waved tabby moth *'' Idia americalis'' Guenée, 1854 – American idia moth or American snout moth *'' Idia calvaria'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 *'' Idia denticulalis'' (Harvey, 1875) – toothed idia moth *'' Idia diminuendis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – orange-spotted idia moth *'' Idia forbesii'' French, 1894 – Forbes' idia moth *'' Idia gopheri'' J. B. Smith, 1899 – tortoise commensal noctuid moth *''

Idia immaculalis ''Idia immaculalis'', the immaculate idia, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America from at least California, north and east across ...

'' (Hulst, 1886) – immaculate idia moth *'' Idia julia'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 – Julia's idia moth *'' Idia laurentii'' J. B. Smith, 1893 – Laurentine idia moth *'' Idia lubricalis'' Geyer, 1832 – glossy black idia moth *'' Idia majoralis'' J. B. Smith, 1895 – greater idia moth *'' Idia occidentalis'' (Smith, 1884) *'' Idia parvulalis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1911 *'' Idia rotundalis'' Walker, 1866 – chocolate idia moth, rotund idia moth *'' Idia scobialis'' Grote, 1880 – smoky idia moth *'' Idia suffusalis'' J. B. Smith, 1899 *'' Idia terrebralis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Unpublished species

*'' Idia concisa'' Forbes, 1954 or ''Idia'' sp. nr. ''aemula'' – pale-winged idia moth

References

Herminiinae Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Herminiinae-stub